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316 Third: With the left index pick up from the right index, from below and on the far side of the right near index string, the right far index string (which passes to the near side of the right thumb) (Fig. 722), and separate the hands. Fourth: Bend each thumb away from you over the far thumb string and over

the index loop, and pick up from below, on the back of the thumb, the near little finger string, and return the thumb to its original position (Fig. 723).

Fifth: Bend each middle finger toward you over the index loop and the string

which crosses the palm, and take up, from below, on the back of the middle finger, the far thumb string (not the palmar string) (Fig. 724, Left hand), and return the middle finger to its position (Fig. 724, Right hand).

Sixth: Release the loops from the thumbs and little fingers, and extend the figure by keeping the middle finger loops up on the tips of those fingers, and by